coconspirator vs criminal

coconspirator and criminal both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
coconspirator	Yes	No	No	No
criminal	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, criminal is a hypernym of coconspirator; that is, criminal is a word with a broader meaning than coconspirator:

coconspirator: a member of a conspiracy
criminal: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

Other hypernyms of coconspirator include crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw.

coconspirator (noun)	criminal (noun)
a member of a conspiracy	someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

coconspirator (adjective)	criminal (adjective)
	guilty of crime or serious offense
	involving or being or having the nature of a crime
	bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure